here is a difference between this and other middle east conflicts and this involves israel at this point and of course we are a little and firm ally of israel, it becomes not a fight against israel, it becomes a fight, if you extrapolate against israel and allies, what best way to fight if you're an arab leader to cut off or raise oil prices and that's the problem and that's why this is different and potentially devastating to our gas prices here. >> in fact, toby, we saw the iraq envoy say something to that effect. are you buying in? >> well, they did, and let's also bear in mind, that, both iraq, iran, and any of the people who are saying that we are going to use oil as a weapon are as desperately in need of every dollar into their economy, it may look good on their television, and say that we're going to use oil as a weapon, but economically the only weapon they have is it cash, and they get cash by selling their gas. and a spike if israel invades no question, but these guys have to sell oil. >> brenda: well, gary k, we see oil go up and then see gas go up. isn't that the usual

brink of war, the eyes of the world are watching to see what will happen next between israel and hamas. but for now, the rockets just keep flying. and it's civilians who are caught in the cross fire. hamas says ten members of the same family were killed during an israeli air strike in gaza, their house reduced to rubble. israel says it was targeting a top militant. on the other side of the border, air raids sounded in israel's largest city for the third time in as many days. but the rocket aim for tel aviv was intercepted. cnn's cedrick prankins was where air raid sirens went off. one sounded when i was on the air with cnn international anchor colleen mcedwards. here's what happened. >> reporter: the crews working on the ground and that seems to indeed be part of all of the rocket that has handed here. people here spend most of their days indoors -- there is another attack. there's another rocket alert going on right now. we've got to get out of here. >> okay, go, fred. there you see it, a strike in ashca lan, just a short time ago, we're seeing pictures there, we've got the pictures y

jerusalem. frightening for israel, responding with a fierce air assault and troops in armored vehicles on the gaza border. at home, president obama is pressing conference to approve legislation to avoid going over the so-called fiscal cliff. he met with congressional leaders yesterday and said the meeting was constructive. if lawmakers can't make a deal by the new year, taxes will go up and there will be a massive spending cut. and republicans say failure to act not an option. thanks for joining us fox news channel. more headlines, 30 minutes away and now, back to bulls and bears, i'm jamie colby. >> oil spiking here in the u.s. as missiles are flying in the holy land. now some arab leaders, threatening to use oil as a weapon against the u.s. and the battle between israelis in gaza already spilling over here. absolutely, brenda, we've seen oil prices rise. and here is a difference between this and other middle east conflicts and this involves israel at this point and of course we are a little and firm ally of israel, it becomes not a fight against israel, it becomes a fight, i

middle east. rockets and air strikes across the border of israel and the gaza strip. now israeli forces are massing on the ground and on the move. plus, members of congress in a showdown about the assault on benghazi that killed americans. >> this administration continues to put out things that are just not quite true. >> i don't think playing political games is what we should do. >> shep: tonight lawmakers look to sort out the facts of the attack on our consulate. general petraeus, speaking to the media for the first time since his resignation talking about the benghazi attacks and the affair that cost him his job. plus what he says about his wife and his cheating. manslaughter charges in the gulf oil spill catastrophe. bp accused of negligence for the disaster that killed 11 men and triggered an environmental cataclysm. >> communities here in new orleans and around the gulf have waited patiently for justice to be done. today their wait is over. >> shep: tonight bp admits some guilt and agrees to pay a record penalty. we begin a fox urgent and the situation in israel is deteriorating a

israel and gaza. it is a lop-sided fight right now, the death toll more than a 100 in gaza. with three israelis reported dead. it is being answered by air strikes, many from drones, many aimed inside buildings, inside densely packed neighborhoods. this conflict continues to escalate and could still go either way. fu tonight, with our team on the ground covering the story we begin with our chief foreign correspondent richard engel, good evening, richard. >> reporter: good evening, brian, israel is continuing its air strikes in gaza. in fact, it still smells of smoke here from one not far away a short time ago. a truce could be coming but it seems that the two sides will fight right up until the moment it is signed. one of gaza's tallest buildings on fire. witnesses say it was just attacked by an israeli drone. inside this building are the offices of hamas's television station, the second time in two days it has been targeted by israel, and this time there are casualties. as fire trucks put out the flames, word came from a militant who was killed inside. israel has details about th

pelley. >> pelley: good evening. at the end of the most violent day yet in the battle between israel and the hamas government in gaza, secretary of state hillary clinton arrived in jerusalem to try to broker a cease-fire. but late today things looked frosty between the secretary and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. faces were long and comments were short. she had just flown ten hours, leaving president obama behind on a tour of cambodia throughout this day there were rumors of peace but israel unleashed a ferocious bombardment of gaza from air and sea. the palestinians and gaza fired back. since this started last week, 133 palestinians have been killed in 1,500 israeli air strikes. five israelis have died after more than one thousand rockets rained down from gaza. we have correspondents on both sides of the line, first charlie d'agata in gaza. >> reporter: city skyline was filled with smoke as israeli tanks fired shells followed by air strikes. when we drove to one neighborhood to take a closer look, another strike came in. the bomb landed less than a hundred yards from us.

sound of air-raid sirens ringing out across israel as well as rocket fire as violence rages for four straight days. i'm gregg jarrett. >> heather: i'm healther childers. israel bombing the gaza strip. hundreds of air strikes hitting government buildings and smuggling tunnels. defense forces firing off the so-called iron dome anti-missile system as rockets rain down on israeli cities. fivizes were wounded. it was a port city. if tel aviv. police say a hamas rocketed was destroyed in midair by the defense system, all of this as the death toll climbs on both sides with reports of 42 palestinians and 3 israelis killed so far. israeli forces continue massive building up of artillery and as many as 75,000 troops in possible for a ground invasion of the gaza strip. david lee miller is live on the front lines. david lee? >> reporter: that is right. we're short distance from the border and over my shoulder, perhaps you can make out the iron dome missile defense system. during the last several hours, israel has continued to pound the gaza strip. there have been more than 200 air strikes and th

this special edition of "msnbc live." developing now the ceasefire between israel and hamas may have been broken. palestinian medical services say a man was killed by israeli forces on the gaza side of the border. israel's army has not yet been able to verify the death but this all comes after a day and a half of calm in the region following those eight days of rocket and missile attacks that left nearly 170 dead. we have reporters on both sides of the conflict. we begin with ayman mohyeldin in gaza. to the details of this possible break in the ceasefire. what do you know on that? >> reporter: good morning, alex. palestinian medical services have identified the body of a 23-year-old they say was killed by israeli gunshots as he and about 3,300 other people approach the gaza/israel border. now generally speaking israel and gaza border is mostly farmland. there is an area that is about 300 meters or so that the israeli have declared a no-go zone. that has been used to attack israeli border posts and attempts to kidnap israeli soldiers. for the most part they are aware that is a no-go z

palestinian issue although he has continually unwavering american support for israel the basic belief amongst the american muslims and even amongst muslims here in the middle east is that obama to the least extent is the less of two evils because we all know the rhetoric which has been used by romney so for all these reasons it is clear that the a muslim world and also particularly the muslims in the other sense of america will be voting for obama and in a close election by this one of these muslim boots in american might have a very big story in who emerges as the victor and here in r.t. will be continuing extensive coverage as the vote progresses tackling issues you won't hear being addressed in the mainstream networks to stay up to date on the elections here of course on our website as well r.t. dot com. of the six america votes for its next president. who takes the wheel as the u.s. drives into the field you. get the news the mainstream missives with up close election coverage through a selection of please. r.t. dot com thanks for joining us here on r.t. today israel has announced

bloody fight we're going to get to between israel and gaza. hamas aims rockets at jerusalem and they miss. but the fact hamas is going after what israel considers its capital city shows how much pressure is building in the middle east right now. i want you to listen to this. so an i reporter captured air raid sirens going off in jerusalem. hamas, the group that controls gaza, landed south of jerusalem. more rockets aimed for tel aviv ende in the water. no reports of damagen either case, though. but officials say 27 palestinians have died since weesday from israel's strike in gaza. this is israeli defense forces video showi what they say, look at this, they say this is munition sites. israel points to the stockpiles as more proof hamas is trying escalate tension. hamas says israel is to blame. people live in fear of how close the attacks will come. listen to one man in gaza just last night. >> i fear my life is at risk by merely being out the streets. i literally felt i could lose my life at any moment. target i targeting israeli civilians, i might as well -- >> he was able to reconne

the world praised him for brokering a cease fire between israel and hamas. . >> more now on his new powers and the anger it spurred. >> if anyone thought egyptians were tired or weary of protesting after two years of demonstrations, all you had to do was look at cairo's tahrir square on friday and it was clear that's not the case. the demonstrators appeared to be as determined as ever and this time they're going after their current president. outrage, clashes, and anguish in tahrir. thousands of angry egyptians back in a public square that has become the arab world's emblem for the democratic right to protest. this was where egyptians demands the ouster of former president hosni mubarak last year. this time the fury aimed at current president mohammed morrissey. >> we're here because we don't want him to rule us anymore. >> one man wants to do everything and nothing at all of what we want. >> on thursday, the new islamist president made himself the most powerful man in egypt by announcing sweeping decrees he says are designed to push forward the drafting of egypt's new constitution

have potentially serious consequences for israel. obviously, palestine is not a state in the customary international law. this is purely political decision. it caps 20 years of efforts by the palestinians to reach this point because it will give them an advantage in their negotiations with israel. they will use it to try and achieve that advantage and exceeding the treaties they will then use against israel and try to coax more money out of the u.n. system and the donor community and a variety of other ways. >>neil: you don't buy the argument pushing for statehood that when they have their own country the violence stops? >>guest: i remember 30 years ago in the reagan administration i heard a retired foreign service officer say just give them a piece of ground they can put a flag in and everything will be fine. well, they have ground with flags this them and it is still not resolved. the point is not the boundaries of a palestinian state and where they might be drawn in gaza or the west bank but the issue is what kind of state is going to be on the other side of the boundaries

israel and hamas have so far come up short. fighting rages on both sides of the border. secretary of state hillary clinton held a late night meeting with the israeli prime minister. this morning she met with palestinian president. later today she will be in cairo to meet with world leaders. palestinian gunmen shot and killed six men they say were collaborating israel and dragged one body behind a motorcycle. susan mcginnis is watching all of this. >> reporter: good morning. once again there were signs of a deal and, again, they slipped away. now in cairo, secretary clinton will meet with officials who are in contact with hamas and now talking about a deal she says in the days ahead. as truce talks continue so does the violence. this is what cbs reporter charlie d'agata saw from his gaza city hotel early this morning. the israeli military launched dozens of air strikes overnight and this morning. and hamas militants have launched more than 100 rockets into israel in the past 24 hours. five israelis and more than 100 palestinians have died in the past eight days. >> we are in a battle

all set to strike terror on the back in two thousand and ten that story. israel has announced plans to build over a thousand new homes in the occupied west bank the international community has condemned to the settlement policy saying they violate international law but the jewish state feel safe under the us some bread of which will remain whoever becomes the next president that's a view of jeff he's the head of the israeli committee against house demolitions it's true the international community opposes israeli policies but it won't do anything to say israel israel knows and it knows it whether obama is elected or romney is elected it's trump card is the american congress support that israel has from both political parties and it doesn't care anymore it will do this in the light of day israel has eliminated the two state solution as it's called it's completely imprisoning the palestinians and no one in the world is going to speak up against it so it doesn't matter really if it's opportunistic or not the point is that israel wins. billions of dollars are at stake for the british pri

rockets on israel yesterday. peace efforts are under way in cairo. susan mcginnis is in washington watching it all this morning. susan, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. the big worry now is a ground invasion on the part of israel and that is something that washington and other nations are working to keep from happening. a bomb shook gaza city awake monday morning. the abbas headquarters was just one of 80 sites the israeli military says it targeted in overnight attacks. palestinian officials say two adults and two children were killed in the early morning bombing. dozens more are missing, presumed buried under the rubble. this sixth day of air strikes follows an israeli offensive sunday that led to the deadliest day of attacks yet, at least 29 palestinians were killed, including four children when a bomb hit this apartment building. israeli officials say hamas is using civilian buildings as cover to launch rockets across the border. in tel aviv, people on the street ran for cover when sirens signaled an approaching rocket. israel's iron-dome defense system h

israelis are telling all of their people in the south of israel, do what you're told. stay inside. stay inside the bomb shelters. there are many rocket attacks still coming from gaza into israel. israel is continuing to attack hamas targets inside gaza. at least 11 palestinians have been killed. there was a funeral this morning for the hamas leader who was killed yesterday. hamas leaders did not attend the funeral because they're afraid of being assassinated by israel. israel's aims are to target the hamas leaders as they killed the millitent leader of hamas and at the same time and in particular to take out hamas's rocket capability. that's almost as significant as the killing yesterday. they had great success in knocking out the long rage rockets that hamas has that threatened the central cities. the two sides on the edge of a war. we don't know how this is going to play out. >> that continues to play out this morning. martin fletcher, live from tel aviv. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins is here for a check of your weather center forecast. yesterday you said a lot about the sto

%. if you look at israel, say, the landslide there if the election happened there would be romney's. there's been a lot of support for him after he visited and he's expressed vocal support for any potential israeli action against iran's nuclear facilities. veroni veronica? >> interesting. michelle kosinski, we appreciate it. >>> msnbc will have special edesk day coverage throughout the day tomorrow. we'll bring you the best primetime coverage at 6:00 eastern with rachel maddow and chris matthews. >>> and now for a look at the weather and that nor'easter that's headed our way. nbc meteorologist bill karins is down in democracy plaza for us. he got the good assignment this morning. >> good monday morning. a beautiful scene down here. this is the place to be of course as we go throughout tuesday night. behind me you can see the tall building here at 30 rock, the ice rink. i again, 270, the magic number will be displayed live on the building as we go throughout tuesday night. if you're interested in weather and the recovery, we're worried about what's going to happen with this potential

europeans would vote for obama. 92% of germans. when you look at a place like, say, israel, if the election happened here, the landslide would be romney's. he's gained enormous support there after he visited and has been vocally supportive of potential israeli action against iran's nuclear facilities. >> michelle, thank you. >>> we want to let you know right here, brian williams and our entire political team will be with you every step of the way on election night. our coverage begins at 7:00, 6:00 central tomorrow night. >>> it's time for a look at the weather and the nor'easter headed our way. bill karins is live for us down in democracy plaza. not a bad gig. good morning, bill. >> good morning, veronica. the sun is coming up on the east coast. this will be the scene for nbc news, the place to be and the place to watch as we go throughout tuesday night. this place will be mobbed, democracy plaza. the ice rink in the bottom, it's actually a map of the united states. lit be filled with red or blue depending on who wins what states as they're called on nbc news. >>> we have issues w

you mentioned israel stops all military action in israel and hamas stops launching rockets on israel and carrying out border attacks on israeli troops but this is the key thing. there is no signed formal agreement here. instead, israel and hamas reached an understanding, a kind of exchange of quiet for quiet. the first phase of a broader agreement. that should be followed by more intense negotiations, those will be anchored and guaranteed we understand by egypt and the united states. to try to resolve the key demands on both sides. of course, for hamas, the lifting of that 6-year-old blockade of gaza. for israel, it's stopping all the weapons smuggling. but neither will happen immediately. at least, however, they have agreed in principle to these demands and the need to work them out. you had a clip of secretary clinton. she went on to call the cease-fire deal a step in the right direction. she said she looks forward in the days ahead she said to consolidating progress for the people of gaza and israel. and experts are saying that's the key difference here. in previous gaza wa

iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and i think there's a broad understanding in israel and europe and the united states around the world i think in russia even in china that a nuclear iran is a genuine crisis for the global economy and that needs to be avoided at all costs you mentioned europe's vulnerability you're absolutely right i think to prove the point that i was making and that european officials are very concerned about the consequences of a nuclear iran you have to ask yourself why in the midst of this economic crisis is your europe is having an. existential crisis over the currency so why are they suddenly choosing this time in history to do something they've never done before to embargo the imports of oil from iran that for europe is an unusually strong and a risky step to take for their own economy it hurts their most vulnerable members like greece which is a big importers jaska after ask yourself why would europe do this it's because they understand that whether a war or a attack on iran takes place to delay their program or if iran gets nuclear weapons either way the conseq

here you have said that the u.s. the e.u. and israel give a fifty fifty probability that a war with iran would happen how big of a window of opportunity still exists to prevent any military action well i think it's closing very quickly iran according to most non-plussed ration experts nuclear experts will by sometime next year be at the point where they could quickly break out and enrich enough weapons grade uranium to then later weaponize and it's the enrichment process which is the most a tech bubble and stoppable or delay of all part of building a nuclear weapon and i think there's a consensus among most folks even outside those governments most experts that iran is quickly approaching that level this is according to the reports on iran's progress so i think that's fairly well understood and i guess i would say that there is a larger concern among officials that one way or the other iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons is going to lead to a crisis. of some sort relative to market participants for market participants the iran nuclear program has been a little bit like the boy who cri

israel basically. maintained that it could strike again will this time there is an agreement under which israel has made clear commitments that it has refused to make before how long it lasts is of course an entirely different question but i but i do think. we can legitimately claim significant achievements as a result of this agreement you're i'm in tel aviv how do you see this who won who lost you agree with marine. well this country is not a zero sum game where one punch or the other side is on the ground. agree with. israel is going. wrong but i don't think that this is the last round between these parties. in general and the public opinion is highly frustrated by the outcome of this eight days of confrontation and to my mind the most important thing to. emphasize this evening is that the game has changed the rule of the game has changed during this eight days of cycle of violence and the most important changes i see is not in the so-called victory by hamas or the not victory by israel but the most important factor here is the option involvement. in this conflict ok harry how are the

hamas launches more rockets into israel overnight after israel's killer attack on gaza. >> at least 11 civilians were killed in gaza as the pressure mounts to end this bloody conflict. it is monday, november 19th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good monday morning. as we kick off thanksgiving week. can't believe it. man, here we go again. >> we were just talking about how easily we lose track of time. >> yeah. it was just like memorial day. and now here we go. >> it was just valentine's day. >> feels like it. good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm paula faris. we're going to bring you up to date on all the overnight developments from the mid east and our top story. >>> then we will preview the annual retail rush taking place this week. how stores are preparing for the black friday bargain hunters. and find out if it's really worth your while to stand in line for the deals. we made a prediction how many of the stories on friday will actually be pertaining to black friday. 80%? take over/under. >> it is thanksgiving week, the media does nothing

through asia, including israel and gaza on the brink of war. >> we're going to have to see what kind of progress we can make in the next 24-36-48 hours. if we're serious about wantsing to resolve this situation and a create a genuine peace process it starts with no more missiles being fired into israel's territory. >> first off, we're in a developing story in the middle east. let's go now to stephanie gosk, who is in tel aviv with the latest. what's the tone on ground today? >> well you hear the president say that as long as rockets were dropping, it was going to be impossible to get a cease-fire here. and the rockets definitely keep on coming. and there have been attacks back and forth. a couple of volleys of rockets that came toward tel aviv. intercepted by the israeli missile defense system, iron dome, which end up intercepting all four rockets before they hit. southern israel was not quite so lucky. there were five people injured there when a house was targeted by one of the rockets. today the deadliest day for gaza, more than 20 have been killed. the deadliest attack over the co

israel and gaza in recent days including the latest polling terrorist attack on a bus in tel aviv. there's widespread support on all sides of the house for an immediate and durable cease-fire being agreed in israel and gaza. will the prime minister set out in his view their main barriers to the cease-fire agreement now being reached? >> i agree with right hon. gentleman about the appalling news this morning about the terrorist attack on a bus in tel leave and also express our deep concern at the intolerable situation in southern israel and the grave loss of life in gaza. yes specifically what we can do to bring this cease-fire back. all of us across the european union including also america and beyond need to be putting pressure on the israeli prime minister and all those with contact with hamas to d escalate, stop the fighting, stop the bombing and that is what i have done. over the weekend i spoke twice to the israeli prime minister, wants to the president of israel. my friend the foreign secretary is working on this as well to be -- persuade both sides the need a ceasefire and

rocket towards televisa, for the first time in 20 years israel's biggest city has come under attack. >> in response, israel vowed to increase military operations aimed at militants in gaza. three israelis were killed by a palestinian rocket earlier today. >> these developments, in the second day of an israeli assault on militant targets in gaza. >> the number of dead and wounded continues to rise in gaza. the israeli military has carried out more than 160 airstrikes since launching a defensive with the targeted killing of hamas military chief. palestinians who turned out for the funeral of him as a martyr. israel says he masterminded attacks on israelis, including the 2006 kidnapping of a soldier. in israel, a town came under fire from across the border on thursday. three people were killed. israel says deaths like these underscore the need for a tough response. >> in recent days and weeks, hamas and other terror organizations in gaza have made normal life impossible for normal israelis. no government would tolerate a situation where nearly 1/5 minutes people live under a constant b

artillery pieces from the southern israel from hamas rockets were fired into southern israel israeli anti missile defense is trying to shoot those down some of them land landing in southern israel as well this immediate escalation came about yesterday afternoon loud explosions rocking the only the built up areas there about ten people reported killed including civilians the great fear now that a ground invasion is imminent israeli sources have said that they're fully prepared to start again of asian if they deem it necessary and they have called up reservists possibly the last time that we've seen any operation of this intensity was over the new year of two thousand and eight to nine when israel launched operation cast lead pretty much following the same pattern as we've seen so far with the ground operation following the same stated objectives as israel says now to destroy the terrorist infrastructure on the ground in gaza meeting heavy fighting there was a lot of civilian casualties and damage as a result. right after the assault started we spoke to harry fear a documentary filmmak

many who simply detest hamas who feel that rather than israel having deterred the palestinian factions in the gaza strip it was in fact they who deterred israel from launching a ground invasion and whereas the previous israeli assault on the gaza strip in two thousand and eight two thousand died and you know a lot of israeli cease fire pursuant to which israel basically. maintained that it could strike again will this time there is an agreement under which israel has made clear commitments that it has refused to make before how long it lasts is of course an entirely different question but i but i do think. you can budget imminently claim significant achievements as a result of this agreement you're i'm in tel aviv how do you see this who who won who lost you agree with marine. well this country is not a zero sum game where one punch or the other side he's on the ground. there he is right is going. but i don't think that this is the last round between these parties. news royal in general of the public opinion he is a highly frustrated by the outcome of this eight days of confro

stockpiles from gaza. israel's goal, of course, is to stop, to prevent hamas from attacking israeli citizens with its rockets. there have been about 850 attacks this year, 100 in the last week alone, so that's what israel wants stop. at the same time, hamas has been retaliating today. at least 130 rockets fired from gaza into israeli cities. about 50 of those rockets were intercepted by israel's homemade antimissile defense system, the iron dome, but one did get through. it hit the israeli town and killed three israeli citizens, and now israel is using that, of course, to threaten more attacks. the southern commander of the israeli army said that the assassination yesterday of ahmed jabbaarie, which kicked all this off, the militant leader, he says is just the beginning. meanwhile, israeli troops are gathering on the edge of gaza. tanks have been reported moving south. a ground invasion is possible. it's definitely not what israel wants, but israel's defense minister ehud barak said this morning that israel would do anything, and he repeated, anything at all, to stop the rockets to

would also mean the possibility of access to the international criminal court in the hague, but israel says the proposed resolution does not take its security requirements into account. the u.s. and several other countries plan to oppose the motion. germany and great britain will abstain, and that has caused disappointment. >> we would have preferred for the german vote to reflect public opinion that overwhelmingly supports the palestine request for upgraded status. >> germany's foreign minister describes it as a balanced and carefully considered decision and one that was not taken lightly. >> on the one hand, we see the palestinians justified desire for their own state, but on the other hand, we recognize our special responsibility to israel and for peaceful and stable development in the region. >> the palestinians are counting on a 2/3 majority to pass the vote with support from european countries like france and spain and many developing countries. >> for the very latest, let's bring in our correspondent who is standing by at the united nations in new york. what about these position

israel one civilian and one hundred sixty six dead in palestine mostly civilians well israel doesn't target civilians and if we heard civilians we see failure in it but you have to understand that hamas militants must be behind civilians the fire rockets on our civilians from schools from hospitals they hide their rockets in hospitals in schools we see that the fire rockets from apartments of buildings so if we do not want. to be hurt we call upon civilians and we do it before every strike we call upon civilians they will be around the they will not let the terrorists to use them to use their houses to use this schools so believe me we do not civilians but hamas targets civilians they see a victory in hurting civilians we really sorie for any casualty but if hamas doesn't want casualties in gaza stop rockets in stop hiding in using their own civilians but alex you say they are targeting terrorists how do you legitimize that statement when the democratically elected leadership is hamas i mean when that make all public areas hamas affiliated where are people supposed to go to me it see

, quote, shocking violence. the eight-day conflict between israel and hamas has claimed the lives of more than 130 palestinians and five israelis. despite hopes of a ceasefire, tuesday ended as the conflict's deadliest day. secretary clinton who rushed to the region to try to prevent an escalation of the conflict is in cairo to meet with egyptian president mohamed morsi who is key to brokering any deal. it's her final stop on an emergency round of shuttle diplomacy that also include meetings in israel and the west bank. for the latest nbc's stephanie gosk joins us and ayman mohyeldin. a report of a tel aviv bus explosion. is there any indication that the israelis now are looking at possibly having a short-term truce or want to hold out long er for a longer deal? >> reporter: well, we don't have a truce. there's a lot of talk yesterday that there would be one, and then this morning, today around lunch time this bus attack. and what we know about it so far is that they're saying it's a terrorist attack, it's not a suicide attack. we were down there earlier today and the security officials w

like your foreign titled russia today continues its anti israel propaganda going even further than arab t.v. the article states that my comments ranged from wild exaggerations to outright falsehoods and instead of continuing with this he said she said battle of words let's not forget that this website parent company is invested in the israeli government and as i mentioned before the spokesperson for the israeli prime minister wrote r t a letter admonishing the coverage of this network and provided during the conflict sort of cleared up i went straight to the source stay tuned to hear the exclusive interview i just did with alex spokesperson for the israeli prime minister netanyahu next. another large number of good reviews never seen anything like i'm drunk. after a bus bombing left fifteen wounded in tel aviv israel on wednesday a fragile cease fire remains intact between the israeli military and armed groups in the gaza strip all of this following one of the most violent conflicts seen in the region and nearly four years so how solid is the ceasefire and has israel's aggressive r

will be violated so israel will react again intensively in order to provide peace and security to its citizens that's what you were just at r t recently and you were asked about the proportionality of civilian casualties that you didn't really answer the question i wanted to see if you can answer it now or do you think that the proportionality of civilians killed was justified it means six dead in israel one civilian and one hundred sixty six dead in palestine mostly civilians well israel doesn't target civilians and if we heard civilians we see failure in it but you have to understand that hamas militants are must terrorists they hide behind civilians they fire rockets on our civilians from schools from hospitals they hide the rockets in hospitals in schools we see that the fire rockets from apartments of buildings so if we do not want civilians in gaza to be hurt we call upon civilians and we do it before every strike we call upon civilians they will not be around the terrorists but they will not let the terrorists to use them to use their houses to use this schools so believe me we

rockets, the question is will israel cross the line to invade the fed is a tough thing to do? for hamas they will continue to shell. they could not occupy so israel the priority is those existing inside the gaza strip for taken out to. >> do they go and with full-scale war? where does that leave us? >> most of focusing what would push the is really is to make a move. it is not just the enemy. they have tanks, have a material and technology. they want to make sure the united states will be with them. >> are we? >> president obama made a statement that any president would make. we are with you in retaliation against hamas. but not if you go and. and israelis are concerned what would be shipped to? they have the muslim brotherhood leader would be actively support hamas? that is a question. >> behind all of this use the allergan's hand? >> the arrow world and media have been there over the last fibers six days that the iranian regime -- regime is pushing radical elements. they know it is predictable. that is a spiral because iran is under sanctions they want deflect attention to the c

as israel continues. to. protest against. the country's powerhouse economy. well. this is. a welcome to the program israel is continuing its strikes on gaza with at this point at least three palestinians reportedly killed by this follows wednesday's rocket attacks which left. the military leader of hamas. a ground operation could be on the table. when he reports from. overnight the bombardment continued from the air israeli air strikes killed three militants belonging to the same militant group in gaza as athame jobbery the head of hamas his military wing who was killed in a targeted airstrike yesterday afternoon there's also reports confirmed by the israeli military of continued shelling via the israeli navy gunboats off the coast and fixed land based artillery pieces from southern israel from hamas rockets were fired into southern israel israeli anti missile defense is trying to shoot those down some of them land landing in southern israel as well this immediate escalation came about yesterday afternoon loud explosions rocking the only the built up areas there about ten peo

death what did israel actually achieve what about the palestinians on what grounds can tamasin the people of gaza claim victory in this round of the conflict and is this truce merely a preload to a more complex. story. to cross-talk the cease fire in gaza i'm joined by your mate oh in tel aviv he is head of the herzog center and a faculty member at ben gurion university in gaza we cross to harry fear he's a documentary filmmaker and an activist and in amman we have moon rabbani he is coeditor of the job all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want movie not like to go to you first in amman both sides are claiming victory here how can that be. well i think it's typical for all sides to claim victory and it's and it's questionable whether any one emerges victorious from such a conflict but i think if you look at it in political terms how can i think legitimately legitimately claim significant achievements whereas not i think if you you know and it's not just from us i think it's palestinians across the board including many who simply detest